Earth Global Explorer 1.0

by Delorme Mapping

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001XDZW
• Item model number: AO-001437-201
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 24, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,074 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #94 in Software > Education & Reference > Geography
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Back in the good old days, world explorers needed to carry tons of food, gear, and malaria pills; these days you can go anywhere using just a notebook computer in the local coffee shop and Eartha Global Explorer 1.0. Using high-detail satellite imagery and up-to-date political and transportation information, users can find the facts on locations from Manhattan to Madagascar and practically anywhere else. The interface is easy to navigate; users just enter a place name or browse the world map from nearly any height.

Those who want to leave their armchairs will find travel planning a breeze as well, with highway, air, rail, and even ferry travel data wired in or available online; any trip imaginable, short of hot-air ballooning, can be planned in seconds. Users can change any leg of the trip in accordance with particular needs, including sightseeing, efficiency, or sticking to particular routes. Floyd, DeLorme's guide, offers tips and facts about locations worldwide in a manner that's far less obnoxious than his virtual cousins, and the terminally impatient can turn him off at their whim. While it doesn't offer the comprehensive demographic and geographic data of a good atlas, the combination of browsing and trip-planning capabilities makes Eartha Global Explorer 1.0 worth attention. Better still, it's cheaper than getting all your shots. --Rob Lightner

Amazon.com Product Description

With Eartha Global Explorer you can rediscover the entire world with shaded relief and breathtaking views of land and sea. Search for place names and locate specific latitudes and longitudes while reading about them in the window below. Eartha makes global routing easy by letting you choose your start and finish points as well as your method of travel. In addition, go online with the Gazetteer for more information regarding your destination. This program also enables global GPS tracking with certain system requirements.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Eartha Global Explorer Inferior to Original Global Explorer, July 7, 2005

By 

R. H. Page "golden oldie" (Willsboro, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earth Global Explorer 1.0 (CD-ROM)

DeLorme's Eartha Global Explorer 1.0 is not at all like its predecessor, Global Explorer 1.0. The original Global Explorer had street maps of the world's great cities, with detailed descriptions of famous landmarks, like a wonderful tour of the world. The new 'Eartha' Global Explorer has none of those features and seems to be nothing more than a crude attempt at an annotated 3-D atlas of the world, viewed from afar. I tried to order the original Global Explorer, without success.